PEARLAND - Construction will begin this month on a 165,000-sf shopping center at the northwest corner of FM 518 and Pearland Pkwy.

Stream Realty is developing The Center at Pearland Parkway, which is expected to open fall 2014. National retailers include Ross and TJ Maxx. The 27-acre site is next to a new H-E-B.

The Center at Pearland Parkway will provide the population in east Pearland, Friendswood and Alvin with more convenient access to a variety of shops, restaurants and service retailers,” said Mark Sondock of Stream Realty’s retail division in Houston.